Ankarapithecus
| Ankarapithecus Temporal range: Late Miocene
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| Genus: | Ankarapithecus
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| Species: | A. meteai
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| Ankarapithecus meteai Alpagut et al., 1996
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Ankarapithecus is a genus of extinct ape. It was probably frugivorous, and would have weighed about 60 pounds. Its remains were found close to Ankara in central Turkey beginning in the 1950s.[1] It lived during the Late Miocene[2] and was similar to Sivapithecus.
References
- ^ New York Times, Anthropologists Find Rare Kind of Ape Fossil
- ^ Begun, David R. and Güleç, Erskin . 1998. Restoration of the Type and Palate of Ankarapithecus meteai: Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Implications. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 105:279–314.
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